“Happy Happiness”

A play based on Ivan Franko’s “Stolen Happiness”

Premiere: May 21 at 6:00 p.m.

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes (2 acts with an intermission)

Description:

The audience chooses to view the events of “Stolen Happiness” through the eyes of Anna, who experiences a story of love, betrayal, and choice. Reality obeys strange rules—events repeat themselves, and people seem to be acting out a script. Anna moves between “levels,” interacts with characters, and uncovers new fragments of the story, but the further she goes, the more the system malfunctions. And it becomes unclear: is this life or a game, and is it even possible to win here?

Director – Tetiana Kostyniuk, 3rd-year theater directing student at KMAECM

Course Supervisor – Ivan Uryvskyi

Course Instructor – Akmal Gurezov

Cast:

Anna – Anastasia Malakhova / Tetiana Ostapenko

Mykola – Mykhailo Dadalev / Ivan Bilash

Mykhailo – Pavlo Shpegun

Hostess – Natalia Nalimova

Babych – Andrii Sushko

Godmother Nastia – Anastasia Davydiuk

Neighbor – Daniela Rybachenko

Voit – Andrii Zaitsev